Amsterdam to campaign on fire safety and electric batteries
Amsterdam to campaign on fire safety and electric batteries
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Amsterdam to campaign on fire safety and electric batteries
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Deserted red light windows during the pandemic last year. Photo: Alex Nicholls-Lee A majority of councillors in Amsterdam will vote for plans to radically change the historic centre, including moving red light windows to an ‘erotic centre’ outside De Wallen. In an online council meeting on Thursday, there was broad support for an overhaul of the centre to reduce the pull of sex and drugs, and attract a ‘better quality’ tourist. Councillor Dennis Boutkan, of the PvdA labour party, described it as an important ‘reset of the visitor economy’. The mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, ha...